pGale-Dragon: Hurray, Chapter three is up. Hurray. Alright, now for the most important information for this story, the characters from each team that'll be gender-bent,/p
pOujou White Knights = Takami Ichirō. Fem!Takami's first name will be Ichigo./p
pTaiyō Sphinx = Harao Kiminari. Fem!Harao's first name will be Kimiko./p
pSeibu Wild Gunmens = Tetsuma Jō. Fem!Tetsuma's first name will be Jōdie./p
pHakushū Dinosaurs = Maruko "Marco" Reiji. Fem!Marco's first name will be Rei./p
pShinryūji Naga = Kongō Unsui. Fem!Unsui's first name will be Usagi. (In this story, Shinryūji went co-ed five-years prior to the current storyline. There are around 500 students that attend Shinryūji, but only 8 of the students are girls, this includes Kongō Usagi.)/p
pAlright, at the end of this chapter I shall explain why I choose the characters above. Also, I will be veering off the storyline of the manga from time to time. Enjoy the story./p
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pRemember:/p
p"Talking"/p
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p*Video Ads in the Eyeshield 21 manga*/p
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p3rd Down: Battle Against the White Knights, Part One/p
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pSena was walking passed the gates of Diemon High with a smile on his face. The other Diemon High students looked at him in awe. "That's the manager of the Amefuto club," stated one of the students as Sena continued his way towards the school building. "Yea, he was the one who leads the team to win the Christmas Bowl," stated another student as they continue to watch Sena in awe. "Not only that, but he also has the most amazing girlfriend in the entire school," stated a male student with a tone of jealousy. The entire Amefuto team practically rushed at Sena, all with smiles on the faces. "There's our key member," said one of the Devilbats happily. "Sena-kun, is it true that you're going on your date with HER tonight?" Kurita asked happily. Sena scratched the back of his head nervously and stated "Well, I did promise her that I would take her out when we won the Christmas Bowl, so…. Yea, our date is tonight." The Devil Bat players smiled, patting Sena on the back and stating that he was a lucky man since he had practically the perfect girl. Sena stated that he should thank the Amefuto club since it was the club that helped him get the perfect girl. The team smiled at that./p
pSomeone snuck up behind Sena, scaring the daylight out of the team manager. "Now, Sena, there's no need to shout," Mamori stated placing her hands on her hip. "Mamori-neechan, I told you to stop doing that! I swear, you're going to stop my heart one of these days," Sena said trying to get his heart to get back in a healthy rhythm. Mamori patted Sena on the back and said with a smile, "Aw come on Sena, do you really think I would do that to you on the day of your date with your girlfriend?" Sena smiled a bit. Mamori was really supportive of Sena dating, especially since she and Sena's girlfriend were very good friends. Yes, Sena was really looking forward to tonight./p
pKurita spotted someone heading their way and stated happily, "Waa~! Talk about perfect timing." Sena turned and smiled when he saw his girlfriend. The wind gently blew the bottom of her uniform skirt, while the rest of her uniform hugged her figure perfectly. She waved at Sena with her thin arms and shouted: "There you are f*ing chibi boyfriend." Hiruma was wearing the girl's uniform for Deimon High. Sena awoke from his slumber with a scream. Panting, Sena thought 'That was one horrible nightmare.' Sena shuttered, he really hoped that he could prevent Hiruma from finding out that he was having those kinds of dreams. He was sure that the She-Devil would stay true to her threats and kill him./p
pPitt, Sena's pet cat that was black on his back while his underbelly was pure white (No idea if Pitt's a boy or a girl, so I may or may not go back and forth on Pitt's gender), jumped onto Sena's bed and meowed. Sena smiled a bit and petted the cat. "You think that dream was a nightmare or a horrible vision of the future?" Sena asked Pitt. The cat jumped off the bed and walked out of Sena's room. "You're right Pitt, it was just a nightmare, a really bad one," Sena smiled nervously as he got out of bed to get ready for the day./p
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pSena was walking towards the Amefuto club said trying to make sense of the small portion of the tournament roster that manages to survive Hiruma's lighter. Sena was at the club door when he said aloud "There should be another tournament table around… Better go look for it." Sena distinctly remembers that the club shed was the messiest place on campus. When Sena slid opened the door, the shine of cleanliness was the first thing he saw. (Well now, that was a complete 360 from yesterday). Mamori saw Sena at the doorway and greeted him as she was wiping down the wall of the shed. Once Mamori was finished she said "It was a little dirty so I cleaned up. It might not be that different from before." Sena quickly stated that it was a lot cleaner now than it was before. Kurita walked into the club said stating that the inside was all sparkling. When Sena and Mamori turned to Kurita, they saw that he was carrying seven bags full of pastry boxes and a two-layered strawberry cake. All three stated, "That's Amazing!" (Pretty sure that they are talking about different things)./p
pSomehow, all of the pastries were cluttered onto the small table that was in the club said. "Yay! It's Sena-kun and Mamori-san's welcome party!" Kurita said happily munching on one of the pastries. Mamori immediately stated that all of the pastries were from Kariya, her favourite pastry shop. Kurita and Mamori were happily talking about Kariya's pastries while Sena just looked at the mountain of cakes in front of him, not really sure what to do. Hiruma slid opened the door with her foot as she carried in a box than she kicked the edge of the table, which knocked off every single pastry and stating that it's time to get started. Luckily, Kurita managed to save the two-layered strawberry cake. "The strategy for the upcoming match," Hiruma stated as she flipped the tabletop, revealing that the underside had a layout of an Amefuto field. Mamori immediately shouted at Hiruma "Why Did You Toss the Cakes All the Sudden?! Why Are You so Selfish?" Hiruma completely ignored the other girl as she was opening the box. Kurita stated while munching on the pastry that was already in his mouth, "It looks like the arguments are a natural occurrence." Sena stated that it scary that he's getting used to it./p
pHiruma dumped the contents of the box onto the table; turns out the contents of the box were a bunch of miniature figurines of the Deimon Devilbats and the opposing team. Both Sena and Kurita were amazed by how detailed all of the figures were. Hiruma stated that she made those models for fun all of the last night. (Why is it that I don't believe her…). Hiruma quickly lined up all the figurines into a formation and started going over the game plan for the match. It was just giving the ball to Eyeshield 21 and having him run through the opposing team. It was a pretty iffy plan and Sena didn't like it at all. With fear in his eyes, Sena said "I knew that would happen next… And it sure is frightening as hell…" Mamori immediately stated "Why are you so scared, Sena? Don't you think it should be that Eyeshield person that should be scared? With that little body of his, facing the enemy like that. Sena-kun should learn more from him a little." Sena and Kurita weren't really sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing that she didn't notice the very obvious similarities between Eyeshield 21 and Sena. The speedster nervously asked Hiruma "It'd be okay if Mamori-neechan knows the truth…" Hiruma pointed a pistol to Sena's side and said "Shut the hell up! You're placing yourself in danger. Not one word!" Mamori immediately shouted at Hiruma to stop picking on Sena./p
pKurita picked up one of the figurines and said to Hiruma "But we can't just run all the time… We can't do without passing. What if it's third-down and 10 yards to go?" Hiruma with her legs on top of the table stated with the board tone "Who do you think can catch them?" Sena immediately asked what third-down was. Kurita was about to explain when Mamori said as she pulled out an Amefuto manual, "I'll lend this to Sena. I spent all day reading it." Kurita was amazed as Sena stated that it was to be expected of a studious person. Hiruma, on the other hand, stating in an insulting tone "So you're saying that you know the rules inside out from just one night?" Mamori immediately challenged by saying that she remembers all of it. "Oh… So you'll be able to answer any questions I give you?" Hiruma stated almost in a mocking tone before she held up three fingers and said "I got three events level questions, if you get more than one wrong, you'll stop opposing me," an evil glint appeared in the She-Devil's eyes. "Eh… That's fine with me. And in return, if I answer the questions correctly, you'll promise me this! STOP HARASSING SENA!" Mamori stated getting ready for a battle with the devil. Kurita muttered to Sena "It feels like a frighteningly violent room…"And Sena agreed./p
pAs the two girls were about to fight (Well… As far as Mamori knows, Hiruma's a guy), Kurita decided to explain what a third-down was to Sena, "You see Amefuto is like baseball, in that both teams exchange offensive and defensive positions. Both teams get for chances to attack." Sena timidly stated that it looks like a match was about to start right now. Kurita continued "The offence's goal is to advance 10 yards," as he started drawing on the table with an erasable marker in order to show Sena what he was talking about./p
pHiruma was holding a Tommy gun (Seriously? Where does she keep all these guns? And I'm sure that the gun she's holding is a Tommy Gun, look up a picture of one and look at the gun Hiruma's holding in this scene if you don't believe me) and sat on the table and her be on the chair that she was sitting on and said " Tthe aimFirst question… How many meters are there in 10 yards?" Mamori scoffed and stated "That's very easy. It's approximately 9 meters." Hiruma aimed the Tommy gun at Mamori and stated "This is not American yards. You'll have to give the exact number with the decimal point." Mamori quickly shouted how it was relevant to Amefuto rules. Mamori quickly calculated that the exact number of meters within 10 yards, which was 9.440189 meters. Hiruma got pissed./p
pKurita continued to explain to Sena "So these 10 yards, if it's the offense fourth time, it's the fourth-down, they get a new set of downs. If they can't, both sides which are offensive and defensive positions. Basically a turnover." When Hiruma shouted question 2, both Kurita and Sena sweatdropped. Firing the Tommy gun into the ceiling Hiruma shouted "A DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE SITUATION! IT'S THE FOURTH DOWN AND 10 YARDS TO GO FOR THE OFFENSE, HOW WOULD THEY ADVANCE THE BALL UNDER THIS SITUATION? TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, HOW WOULD THE DEFENSE GET THE BALL BACK?" Mamori shouted back "THEY ARE TRYING TO SCORE! WHEN THE PUNTED BALL IS CAUGHT, OR IF THE KICKBALL IS OUT OF BOUNDS, AND AFTER THE BALL IS TOUCHED, THE TIME WILL STOP!" This actually surprised both Kurita and Sena. Kurita continued to explain as he moved the figurines into two rows "And so after the offence and defence switched positions, the offence and defence of face each other and try to advance to the goal that they are facing." Sena said that it sort of felt like a tug-of-war. Sena looked at the figures and said "There isn't much room when you face off with each other… How will you be able to get through?" Kurita happily said "Leave that to me next! I'll be in an offence a position to block and opened a root," then he flexed his muscles and stated, "This position is for the World 's Strongest!" Sena stated that was his worst skill. With a smug look on her face, Mamori said " Tthe Last Question!"/p
p"Hey… I'm gonna work out," Hiruma stated as she walked out the door as if the whole questionnaire match never existed. Both Sena and Kurita sweatdropped as they watched the She-Devil leave the shed as Mamori shouted for Hiruma to hold on. (… Seriously, what just happened?)/p
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pInside the school's gym, which was filled with all sorts of workout gear. Hiruma, already wearing her jersey (Where she got changed without anyone noticing is beyond me), stated to Mamori that the manager has to be a trainer as well. Kurita, also in his jersey, stated that he'll teach Sena how to bench-press. "You'll have to lie down and said your hands and your legs. We'll start you off with the lightweights," Kurita said with a smile as he led Sena to the barbell stand. Hiruma said to set the barbell and 20 kg. The She-Devil slid on two 5 kg onto the metal bar, one on each side. Pretty much as soon as Sena got the barbell off the rest, it nearly crushed his throat. Mamori immediately tried to get the barbell off of Sena's neck, although it was Kurita who managed to get it off of Sena. After removing the extra 10 kg, Sena was able to hold up the bar, which only weighed about 10 kg./p
pCharacter Data :;: Name: Kobayakawa Sena, Team: Deimon Devilbats: (Officially) Secretary (Unofficially) Running Back, Bench Press Record: 10 kg./p
pMamori asked "Is it was that heavy? I'm going to give it a shot, okay?" Mamori said as the bar was returned to the rest. Kurita started putting on the bar the two 5 kg weights and said to Mamori, who was lying on the bench under the barbell, "Well… Let's start off with the same weight, 20 kg." Mamori asked if Kurita was sure about that. Mamori was able to lift the barbell, but just barely./p
pCharacter Data :;: Name: Anezaki Mamori, Team: Deimon Devilbats; Manager, Bench Press Record: 20 kg. Kurita and Sena were amazed, while Hiruma stated "Even a woman can lift it up." (Pretty sure she said that to insult Sena)./p
pCharacter Data :;: Name: Hiruma Youichi, Team: Deimon Devilbats; Quarterback, Bench Press Record: 75 kg. Sena was awestruck, that was 55 kg more then what Mamori could lift. 'It's amazing that she can lift that much with those thin arms of hers,' Sena thought with a slight blush. Good thing no one noticed that./p
pCharacter Data :;: Name: Kurita Ryoukan, Team: Deimon Devilbats; Lineman, Bench Press Record: 160 kg. 'He's way too strong!' Sena mentally thought./p
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pAt Oujou High's gym. Someone set a barbell on the rest stand./p
pCharacter Data :;: Name: Sakuraba Haruto, Team: Oujou White Knights, Bench Press Record: 50 kg./p
pSakuraba was drinking from a water bottle as he told Shin "You're amazing as always."/p
pCharacter Data :;: Name: Shin Seijuurou, Team: Oujou White Knights, Bench Press Record: 140 kg. Shin was panting as sweat roll down his forehead./p
p"Bahahaha! Finally, I can release! The White Knights are very well known for our power and to take people down!" Character Data :;: Name: Ootawara Makoto, Team: Oujou White Knights, Bench Press Record: 135 kg. Ootawara was a tall muscular teen with short black hair and was wearing the workout uniform for Oujou High. Ootawara smiled and stated happily "Here comes… Gas!" As he farted, the poor teammate that had the unfortunate luck of being behind Ootawara passed out from the horrid smell. (Eew… I feel sorry for that poor soul)./p
pShin said with a serious tone "There are things that… You cannot speak with power alone." Ootawara picked his nose as he said "So you're saying that you've only got power? The fastest among the high schools," then he laughed and stated "Shin's tackles stomp our enemies to the ground! Everyone calls it a 'Spear'. Your tackle is like a deadly killing technique." At the moment Shin didn't say anything./p
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pBack at Deimon High. Sena walked outside and said to no one particular "Ha!... I really have no power… Nope. I need to do my best to get used to this ball. I need to practice catching." He gripped the Amefuto ball./p
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pBack at Oujou Private High. Shin said to Ootawara "Even though it is very arrogant of me to say this… I… Have yet to see a person who is faster than me."/p
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pSena toss the ball high into the air, rather poorly./p
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pShin continued "However if such a man exists, it's such an untouchable person appeared before us."/p
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pSena darted at his max speed in order to catch the ball before it lands./p
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pShin closed his eyes and said, "Power alone wouldn't be enough to overcome that speed."/p
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pSena got in catching range of the falling ball but missed it by a couple of good centimetres./p
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pIt was the day of the game. Oujou White Knights vs. Deimon Devilbats. A TV crew and a hoard of female students were waiting outside of the entrance to the Amefuto field entrance, waiting. Two buses pulled up in front of the school, and along with some of the supplies onboard. The entire White Knights Amefuto team walked off of the buses. By the time Sakuraba got to the door, he was practically assaulted by a sea of flashing lights by all of the cameras of all of the girls that were there. (Eesh, talk about unwanted attention…)/p
pThe Deimon Devilbats made quite an entrance as well. Four of the temporary players were covered in bone-shaped doggy treats and were pulling two carts, which held the rest of the Devilbats team members, all but Hiruma were either had a look of embarrassed or nervous. Not too far away, Cerberus was chasing the four with the dog treats. Hiruma cracked a whip and shouted, "Faster or You'll Get Bitted." (It's actually not surprising that Hiruma would do that kind of thing…)/p
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pThe sun was shining and a crowd gathered for the upcoming match, most of the people in the crowd where teenage girls. Sena was surprised by the sheer number of girls on the bleachers, all with some type of camera, as he said, "Why is the district tournament like this…" Kurita simply replied, "It's because of Sakuraba-kun." Oh, right, the teen was a model was on the White Knights. There was even a television crew at the stadium to record the events of the game./p
pWith the White Knights, Coach Shōji said the team helpers (Caterers, maybe?) "Alright! Two more hours till the game. This will be their last snack! Carbs and vitamin C! Their energy will be maintained precisely!" As the caterers handed each of the White Knight team members a box of delicious-looking food. Now with the Devilbats, Sena saw that and commented, "I can sense the gap between the rich and the poor…" One of the temporary Devilbats, a member of the basketball club named Satake, rubbed his stomach, looking over at the opposing team, and said "Damn it! I'm getting hungry when I look over there." Mamori held out a neatly wrapped bento box and said politely "These aren't very lavish… But they are homemade. If you guys don't mind." What Mamori opened the bento box, there were 23 perfectly made onigiri, and one of them looked a bit like Kurita's head. Soon all of the Devilbats team members, with the exception of Hiruma, were eating the onigiris and stating that they were really good. Some of the members of the White Knights looked at the Devilbats in confusion./p
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pOotawara was eating his snack when he noticed that Shin wasn't eating his. He asked his teammate "What's wrong, you're not going to eat? You haven't touched it." Shin simply replied "Sorry, but since I take in the required nutrients with meals on a regular schedule… I can't eat anything else." Ootawara grinned, took Shin's bento, and stated that he'll take it then. One of Shin's teammates noticed this, sighed, and walked over towards Shin. This teammate was 182.88cm tall (or 6ft exactly), was already wearing the Amefuto uniform for the White Knights, had on a pair of glasses with silver frames, had short black hair that was to the neck and slick back; although, there were two hairclips, one on each side of the player's head, with the insignia of the Oujou Private High School on them that held back some of the hair so that they wouldn't fall into the player's face. This teammate was wearing jersey #3. While holding a bento in one hand, with the chopstick carefully placed on top of it, and resting the other hand on the inside of their elbow. Jersey #3 stood in front of Shin. He looked up at his teammate. "Honestly Shin, it wouldn't kill you if ate something outside that eating schedule of yours. It doesn't have to be anything big, just something small, like a cracker or something along that line," jersey #3 said in a tone that would be similar to that of an older sibling. Ootawara swallowed the food that was in his mouth and said, "Aww come on Takami~chan, if he said he doesn't want ta eat it, don't force him."/p
pCharacter Data :;: Name: Ichigo Takami, Team: Oujou White Knights; The Only Female Player on the Team (not including the team manager), 40 Yard Dash; 6.0 Seconds, Bench Press Record: 65 kg./p
pTakami sighed and said "What I'm trying to say is that it's fine to treat yourself once and a while. It's not going to kill you." Shin closed his eyes and stated, "As I said before, I take the required nutrients on…" A pair of chopsticks shoved a piece of sushi into Shin's mouth as he was talking. Shin wasn't sure how to react to that. Takami smiled and said as she retracted her chopsticks from Shin's mouth "See, nothing bad happened. You don't have to do this every day, maybe once a week or so." Shin turned a shade of pink that was barely noticeable from his skin tone as he started to chew the food in his mouth. Completely satisfied that her point had been made, Takami left to return to her seat. Ootawara merely continued eating the food, not really getting what the only female player on the team was talking about. Shin watched was Takami ate her food with the very chopsticks she used to shove the sushi into his mouth; Shin turned slightly pink and thought 'That was an indirect kiss.' (Wonder if Takami's aware of that? … Probably not.)/p
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pTons of fangirls were snapping pictures of Sakuraba as he was eating. One of them commented that he was so cool when he was eating. (That sounds very stalkerish to me. Cre~epy~). The teen idol tried his best to ignore them as he ate his snack. Someone called out to Sakuraba and he looked towards the direction of that person. A man with black hair that was slicked back, square glasses, a white shirt, a pink striped suit, a black-and-white checkered tie, had on a golden ring on his right index finger, and when he smiled he had a golden tooth. Character Data :;: Miracle Itou, Jari-Pro's President. With a smile Miracle Itou said "The TV crew wants to interview you so…. Enough with the food, get over there." Sakuraba shoves the rest of what he was eating into his mouth as he started to head to the camera crew before Itou grabbed a hold of him, telling Sakuraba to hold on a minute, and placing a visor on Sakuraba's head and stated "I've always told you, haven't I? Always put on your sponsor hat when you're on TV!" Sakuraba had the look on his face that practically said I-can't-believe-I-have-to-wear-something-like-this. Miracle Itou said "Oh, I will also attach one to the helmet," as he stuck a sticker of a golden star with a hamburger in the centre on to Sakuraba's Amefuto helmet./p
pA female reporter was interviewing Sakuraba as the cameraman focused on the teen idol. "That's an incredible cheer from the fans, don't you think? It's a cheer for the ace Sakuraba-san, the head of the White Knights!" The reporter stated in a cheerful tone. Sakuraba had an expression that similar to someone getting their heart broken; although, the camera crew didn't seem to notice. After a few seconds, Sakuraba finally said "I'm not the one who will be leading… Are true ace is…" The reporter interrupted by the stating that he was being modest as she poked his cheek. The cameraman sweatdropped while the sports expert tried to get the reporter away from Sakuraba./p
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pOotawara looked over at the spectator stands from where he was sitting, then he stated "Ah ha! They came after all!" He stood up, with his boxers to his knees (… Isn't public indecency against the law? And there are two ladies present on the team might I add) Coach Shouji immediately stated "Never mind that! Pull up your boxers!"/p
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pNine students wearing what looks to be traditional monk robes climb the staircase to the top of the stands. The sports expert look at the students of then looked at a notebook he had in his pocket and said "It's Shinryūji Naga. According to this, both Naga and the White Knights are the two greatest team in Kantou." The report stated happily "Then, we should ask them a thing or two." After the reporter, sports expert, and the cameraman got to the top of the stands, the reporter asked if the Nagas had a moment. The reporter asked with a smile "You're here to scout Sakuraba-kun, right?" The Nagas looked at one another for a second or two before the Naga student with dreadlocks and sunglasses stated in a playfully mocking tone "That's right! We're scouting Sakuraba-kun!" One of the Naga students tried to stop a snicker from coming out but failed. While two of the other Nagas were wondering if the reporter was talking about the teen idol on the White Knights. After the reporter and her crew went back to the field she stated, "Other schools also came to see Sakuraba-kun." It didn't seem as though the reporter knew that the student was lying. The Naga student with dreadlocks asked aloud where Shin was while an older looking student, who kind of like an adult, with short spiky black hair, thick black eyebrows with a scar over his left eye and another scar under that same eye, and kind and had a 5 o'clock shadow on his chin and under his nose told the Naga student with the video camera to record all of Shin's plays. Sakuraba knew that the Nagas weren't here for him at all./p
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pWith the Devilbats. Hiruma hit the butt of her AK-47 onto the ground in front of her and shouted to the other Devilbats "LISTEN UP, BASTARD! TODAY'S GAME HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE. WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO PLAY AMEFUTO. THIS IS WAR!" One on the helpers stated nervously "Which means Shin will probably play, right? We should seriously go home." Another helper stated, "I don't want to remember last year's practice game." Sena asked Kurita if something happened last year. Kurita replied with "Two of our helpers got broken bones." Sena wondered if it was because of this Shin person. Still gripping onto the barrel of her AK-47, Hiruma stated nonchalantly "Relax. Eyeshield 21 will have the ball. Shin will be tackling him only." While the helpers were stating that they were completely relieved, Sena was mentally screaming./p
pAs he crawled on the ground, Sena grabbed his bag and thought 'I Have to Escape! This is unreasonable! I absolutely have to escape!' A helper stated to Ishimaru "We could retaliate and get revenge for the broken bones. Wouldn't you like to do that?" Ishimaru replied "That's true! We did make it to the second round. If we ran away like this, it would be way too humiliating." Sena was behind the wall when he heard that. Another helper stated, "If it's Eyeshield 21, I somehow feel like things will turn out right." Another helper stated "That's right. He's from Notre Dame!" Now Sena was starting to feel terrible that he was leaving his teammates. Sena darted out of the stadium anyway./p
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pThe sportscaster stated over the intercom that the game will start soon./p
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pHiruma noticed that Sena was missing and shouted at Mamori "HEY, WHERE DID THAT F*ING CHIBI GO!" Mamori was utterly surprised by Hiruma's indecent manner of speech, but she got over that quickly and said "If you're talking about Sena, he went to buy a videotape. Don't you dare say that he's not doing his job!" As she showed Hiruma the text message that Sena sent her. A dark aura surrounded Hiruma's entity, (Oh, the Grim Reaper came back), as she stated in a killing tone "YOU F*ING ESCAPED! DIDN'T YOU~~!?" Kurita was utterly frightened. "CERBERUS!" Hiruma called and the devil dog emerged from his titanium enforced kennel but was still had heavy chains attached to his spiked collar. Hiruma pulled a strand of hair in a piece of plastic with Sena's name on it from a box of smell samples (Not asking where or when she acquired all of those). She held out their small sample of Sena next to a doggie treat, basically telling Cerberus that if we brought back the person that matches the small sample he gets the treat. Hiruma cut the chains with a giant axe (Where... Never mind, I probably don't want to know the answer to that anyway), releasing the devil dog to start the chase./p
pWithin a few seconds, there was a sound that indicated that Cerberus has caught someone. Hiruma was kind of surprised when she said "Huh? Found him ready?" Cerberus was dragging Eyeshield 21 by the leg. Ishimaru was surprised but happily stated that it was Eyeshield 21. One of the helpers stated "What an elaborate way of making an entrance!" The one I was most surprised of the Devilbats was Hiruma. Kurita ran up to Eyeshield 21/Sena and whispered, "Sena-kun, I thought you had left…" Sena managed to reply back with a modest tone "Well… Everyone became so motivated… It would have been laying for the Notre Dame Hero to run away." Then Sena whispered "Even though the true identity of the novice false hero is just an errand boy… I would like to give it my best shot." Kurita was moved by that speech. Hiruma gave Sena a very hard kick to his lower back (That looked like it hurt…). Sena immediately asked "What? Why is Hiruma so mad?" As Hiruma called a huddle. Kurita explained to Sena that Hiruma wasn't mad; although, Sena didn't really understand./p
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pOn the White Knight side of the field. Ootawara was in the centre of the White Knight's huddle as he started the oath of the White Knights "We pledge victory on our knight's pride. We did not come to fight our enemy, we came to beat them!"/p
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pNow with Hiruma's huddle speech "We didn't come to fight our enemy. We came to slaughter them." (Wow, Hiruma really does look like the devil with that expression)/p
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pDevilbats: Let's Kick Their…/p
pWhite Knights: Glory on the…/p
pWhite Knights: Kingdom!/p
pDevilbats: Asses! YA~HA./p
pThe sportscaster announced "The time has come for the kickoff! I wonder how many points the Oujou White Knights will lead by?"/p
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pAlmost as soon as Hiruma caught the kickoff ball, she was tackled to the ground. The female reporter shouted, "Way to go Sakuraba-kun!" The cameraman quickly told the reporter "Sakuraba is on the bench. He's an offensive player." The assistant of the TV crew stated "The White Knights are on the defensive now, right? Doesn't she understand…" Hiruma casually tossed the ball into the air and stated "Heh heh. As expected, it's not going to be like the Koigahama game." Kurita noticed that Shin was sitting on the bench./p
pThe Naga student with the video camera was stated other Nagas "Ack! Shin is on the bench! They really don't need him since they're playing Deimon, but…" The dreadlock student stated "Seriously? I came for nothing!"/p
pHiruma grinned and stated, "Here is our chance!" She turned to Sena and shouted "Eyeshield 21" that maybe got Sena's attention. Hiruma continued by saying "Everyone in this damn stadium is taking us for fools; they think the White Knights will take the 100-0." She pointed at Sena and shouted, "GO KNOCK THEM OUT OF THEIR SEATS!"/p
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pBoth teams went into the formation. Hiruma called out "Set! Hut, Hut."/p
pThe reporter asked the sports expert why they were saying 'Hut' a lot. He explained "It's the starting signal. It's been decided how many times he says 'hut' in advance so these spikes are different…"/p
pSena pressed his foot against the ground as he thought 'So the spikes are different… I can press hard on the ground. I want… To quickly try these out!' Hiruma said the final hut, and Kurita handed off the ball to Hiruma, signalling the start of the play. Once Hiruma handed Sena the ball, he immediately sped off, tearing up the terrain as he blew by everyone. Two of the White Knights managed to force Sena to turn. Ootawara, wearing the White Knight's #60 Jersey pushed away from the Devil Bat lineman and when after Eyeshield 21. When Ootawara saw that the running back was gripping the ball with just his right hand, he immediately slapped the ball away. Both Hiruma and Coach Shouji shouted at their respective teams to get the ball. Faster than you can say dogpile, all available players except for Eyeshield 21 when after the ball. At the bottom of the pile, Kurita had the ball gripped in his arm, Ootawara was upset at that. Hiruma stated, "That was dangerous!" Ishimaru added, "Only Kurita doesn't lose in a match of strength."/p
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pCoach Shouji immediately asked Takami "Eyeshield 21? He's the one that wasn't on the video, right?" With her right hand on her hip and a clipboard in the other, Takami said as she looked at the clipboard "He made the combat touchdown at Koigahama game. Why wasn't he used until the one last play?" Coach Shouji turned towards Sakuraba and Shin and asked, "What do you guys think about that #21?" Sakuraba stated that he thought that #21 was pretty fast. Shin stated "I can't be certain from watching just one play, but he's probably a touch amefuto player. A self-taught player who has been playing for years without instruction." Coach Shouji stated with a surprised "I see." Sakuraba immediately asked what touch amefuto was and Takami immediately explained that it was amefuto except instead of tackling you touch the person to stop and that protective gear wasn't needed. Shin also added "That way of changing directions can't be learned in a day. Therefore, he can't be an amateur, but I sensed fear in the way he runs. He has an extreme fear of collisions. Dodging the enemy… Is not the same as running away. He's not a threat to us yet." Coach Shouji was impressed that she and good deduce that much from one play. Sakuraba asked Shin "And… How do you know he didn't have an instructor?" Both Coach Shouji and Shin stated at the same time "The way he holds the ball is wrong."/p
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pHiruma walked over to Eyeshield 21/Sena, with the ball in hand, and stated towards him "You there, how are you holding the ball when you run?" Eyeshield 21 took the ball from Hiruma, holding it in his right hand gripping the lower part of the ball not touching the laces as he said "… How? The normal way, like this…" Hiruma got mad at the running back, snatched the ball out of his grip, hit them over the head with the point of the ball, and shouted "YOU F*ING CHIBI! IT'S A WONDER THAT THE BALL DOESN'T GET TAKEN!" As Eyeshield 21/Sena was rubbing his head, Hiruma explained to him how to properly hold the ball, "Hold between the fingers and tucked it under your armpit!" She showed Sena exactly what she said before she handed the ball to Eyeshield 21/Sena, who repeated the movement precisely./p
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pBack in the stands. The adult looking student with short spiky black hair, thick black eyebrows with a scar over his left eye and another scar under that same eye, and kind and had a 5 o'clock shadow on his chin and under his nose asked the student with the deadlocks, who was currently looking through a pair of binoculars, "Agon, what do you think of that one?" Dreadlocks, or Agon, stated plainly "Even in an unknown team like the Devilbats, there are rare finds like that one." Through the binoculars, Agon was looking at Mamori, who was sitting on the bench on the Devil Bat's side of the field. Thinking that Agon was talking about Eyeshield 21, the older student said, "Those are nice leg." Agon nodded and replied "Yeah, Yamabushi-sempai, nice legs. Makes me want them." Agon focused the binoculars on Mamori's lower half and added "You can tell even with the clothes on. Nice waste." The older student, Yamabushi, immediately snatched the binoculars away from Agon and practically shouted "Agon, I'm jeal… I mean, disappointed that you're not even paying attention to the game." Agon didn't seem to mind that his upperclassman was angry at him when he stated "Yeah yeah, you're talking about that Eyeshield, right? In a minor team, there is a slightly faster new. That's all." Agon slid his sunglasses back onto his face and added, "There's really no use when the line's made up of amateurs like that."/p
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pThe same female reporter asked the sports expert "…So what's this 'Line' thing?" (Honestly, why is she covering an Amefuto game when she doesn't even know the basics of the sport, or at least pretend to know them). The sports expert explained "It's the guys in the front line who protect the runner if they suck, everything's hopeless. No matter how fast the runner is, he can't get past the other team without the line's support."/p
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pInside the Devil Bat's huddle, Hiruma was going over the plan "Ok, it's the same as before, Eyeshield 21 will run past the right side of the line. YOU GUYS IN THE LINE HAVE TO BLOCK!" That pretty much took up the team. The helpers basically stated that the power difference was too great and that it was impossible. Hiruma plainly stated "A bunch of amateurs couldn't possibly stop the White Knights. So I'm not expecting a perfect block." The She-Devil held out her right hand with all four of her fingers and thumb splayed open and stated "0.5 seconds. Each of you must delay your assigned target for 0.5 seconds. During that time, Eyeshield 21 will run through!"/p
pKurita rushed over towards Eyeshield 21/Sena and said happily "The White Knight's defence is probably #1 in Japan. Getting past it alone is probably difficult, but the line and Ishimaru-kun think of us as your shields!" With that said Sena could easily picture all of the linemen as shields (Sena has quite the vivid imagination)./p
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pBoth teams went into their formation. With Sena still imagining the Deval Bats as shields. One of Sena's feet slid back slightly, and when he noticed that he thought 'That's right… Those spikes are great! There's no slipperiness. Feels really safe. It's like my feet are protected…' Sena easily imagined his legs and armour. 'I learn the proper way to hold this to. The ball feels really secure.' Sena was holding the ball exactly the way Hiruma showed them to do and can easily imagine his arm in a metal gauntlet. 'I can do this! Maybe…' Sena thought with uncertainty. "HUT!" Hiruma called and then Kurita passed off the ball to the quarterback. All the Devil Bat linemen were doing their best to hold off the White Knights. As Sena ran down the field, one of the White Knights tried to run after him but was blocked by Ishimaru. Eyeshield 21/Sena sped through the entire White Knights defence. Shin saw this and thought 'The fear has disappeared from his running.'/p
pSportscaster: 30 yards 'til the goal./p
p'It's useless once you been outrun. There's no way to stop that speed' Shin thought as Eyeshield 21 past the 20-yard mark./p
pSportscaster: 10 yards!/p
pEvery single person in the stands and teams (minus Hiruma of course) were utterly flabbergasted by the fact that #21 was running towards the goal at such a speed. The reporter spoke to her microphone "Something most unexpected has occurred one minute since the game-opening, the first points have been scored by Deimon's Devilbats!" The sportscaster shouted the word touchdown. Kurita and Hiruma had smiles on their face while everyone who wasn't on the Devilbat's side was in complete shock./p
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pThe score was now 6-0 in favour of the Devilbats. The Devilbats were completely ecstatic and were congratulating Eyeshield 21 on his touchdown. The fangirls were in complete shock that their favourite teen idol's team was falling behind, one of them thought that the team lost a ready, while another one stated that it was the other players on the team who was at fault (Seriously? The game literally just began and they are already talking like that? Honestly, are the Naga the only ones in the stands that actually came to watch the game? ... They probably are, actually). The sports expert looked at his notebook and stated "In the past year, the only team that scored a touchdown against the White Knights is Shinryūji. The first time since then." The reporter was shocked at that piece of information./p
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pCoach Shōji threw his cup to the ground and shouted "DAMN! WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT! AND AGAINST DEIMON!" Shin stated calmly, but seriously "Coach, I misjudged the opponent. He was possibly specially trained for many years to run. 40 yards (36 m) and 4.6 seconds, incredible speed and those superhuman direction changes… If he's new at Amefuto with that."/p
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p"Wow, Amazing!" Ishimaru said happily, while another helper said with joy "He got past those guys all by himself! I'm jealous! You were great!" Before Eyeshield 21/Sena could reply, he realized that he needed to change his voice or everyone will know who he really is. Sena lowered his voice a little too much when he said, "No, the score was…" It kind of scared the helper members. Sena quickly adjusted his voice yet again, but this time not so deep "No, this score was thanks to everyone's strength. If you guys didn't block, I couldn't have run till the end." Sena was hoping that it sounded like someone from Notre Dame. The Devilbat helpers were completely amazed by how cool Eyeshield 21 was; even Hiruma was amazed by Sena's enthusiasm./p
pMamori was sitting on the bench looking at a clipboard that had the stats of Eyeshield 21. She said aloud to no one in particular "This Eyeshield person is incredible, he has never been tackled before! Too bad….I wanted Sena to see this! And tell him that he can do this even if he's small! I wonder where he went shopping…" (No comment…)/p
pBack in the spectator stands. Yamabushi said to Agon "That Eyeshield is really something…" Agon said in an arrogant tone "Well, that was amazing, but what just happened was White Knights' #93 fault." Yamabushi asked who #93 was and Agon replied, "The idiot who is playing centre for Shin." Then Agon started drawing a piece of Amefuto information on the seat they were sitting on, Yamabushi told his junior classmate not to draw on the bench as Agon explained "The block from just now was kind of like, #93 started too late, and got caught by Kurita, some so guys who have nothing except strength. If it was Shin, he could've easily got to that Eyeshield." Yamabushi folded his arms and said "Shin wasn't there, so they use that to their advantage. They avoided the centre protected by Ootawara, and one from the outside instead. Good decision." Looking through the binoculars again Agon stated arrogantly "Ha! It was nothing like that! It was just a coincidence, as a lucky punch. A team like the Devilbats doesn't have that kind of knowledge." Agon aimed his binoculars at the Devilbat player wearing the #1 jersey, whom by the way was sporting an evil grin (Anyone gets the feeling that Agon seems to be underestimating Hiruma's intelligence? Hmmm, wonder if Agon's aware of Hiruma's real gender?). Agon pulled the binoculars away from his eyes and stated to his upperclassman "That Hiruma bastard just got lucky." (That answers that. You'd think with his entire girl watching expertise he would notice something. Guess he just assumes that Hiruma is a guy as well)./p
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pHiruma called out to all the Devilbats "Everyone gather around! We're going to try-for-point!" Senna was trying to remember what a try-for-point was from the world book Mamori gave him. (Since I don't feel like writing Sena's memory sequence, I'll just tell you. A try-for-point is the chance to score extra points after a touchdown is made, kind of like a bonus game. The team is going for a try-for-point gets one chance to attack 3 yards from the enemy goal line. There are two ways to do this. 1) kicked the ball, make it in the field goal, and score 1 point. 2) Make a touchdown, and you score 2 points. I'll right back to the story). Inside the huddle, Hiruma told the Devilbats "Alright, we'll go for try-for-point with a kick. Nobody else knows how to kick, so I'll kick, however… I don't mean to brag, but my kick has power, but no aim." Hiruma snatched the kicking tee out of Mamori's hands and handed it to Eyeshield 21./p
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pWith the White Knights. Ootawara was obviously annoyed. Sakuraba said to Shin "It's unusual for Ootawara-san to be blocked. I guess it's difficult when one's against two people even if they're amateurs." Shin replied "No, he's not weak. If he tried, then to guys would be nothing against him." Coach Shōji added "I shouldn't have let Ootawara cover centerfield. He had no clue what he was doing." Takami said in a tone that sounded similar to someone saying I-don't-want-to-hurt-anyone's-feelings-even-if-it-is-the-truth, "He's not good at things that are complicated." Sakuraba added "He's not a deep thinker… I mean he has…" Takami nodded, knowing exactly what Sakuraba was trying to imply. Coach Shōji stated for everyone to hear "Stupid. He's just stupid." Both Sakuraba and Takami thought practically at the same time 'Oh, he said it…' Coach Shōji said in a serious tone "That's his forte!" Ootawara was confusing himself with his own thoughts about the try-for-point. Coach Shōji shouted at Ootawara "DON'T THINK! YOU ONLY HAVE ONE JOB TO DO! YOU'RE STUPID! SO JUST SHUT UP AND CHARGE IN!" Ootawara looked at his coach for a second or so before flashing a very big grin and said "That's right, why my trying to think? It doesn't matter if they kick over. All I gotta do is blow them away!"/p
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pEyeshield 21 set up the kicking tee as Hiruma shouted "Set!" Over the cheering of the crowd. Sena was still able to hear his heartbeat over them as he thought back to Hiruma's plan. Kurita handed off the ball to Eyeshield 21, who was barely able to catch it, and place it on the kicking tee. As the White Knights line closed in on them, Eyeshield 21 grabbed the ball of the kicking tee and started running. Someone from the White Knight shouted "FAKE! HE RAN!" Eyeshield 21/Sena ran as he pictured the Devilbats' lineman as shields. Ootawara practically smashed through the lineman that were blocking him and ran towards Eyeshield 21, then two more of the White Knight lineman followed suit, thus causing Eyeshield 21 two run out of bounds. Hiruma stated in a matter-of-fact kind of tone "That couldn't be helped; at least I threw in a fake. With our abilities, it was impossible from the start." Mamori looked through the video camera as she said to no one in particular "The Devilbats are in the lead with 6-0. The kickoff, their switching between offence and defence." Mamori aims the video camera at Hiruma, who was kicking off, she followed the ball as it flew through the air and hit the sports expert for the news crew right in the head and knocking him out cold (I'm pretty sure that's going to leave one heck of a bump). Ishimaru and the other helpers thought at the exact same time 'He really only has power…' While Eyeshield 21/Sena thought 'She's a lot stronger than she looks.' Kurita noted that they really needed a kicker and Hiruma immediately stated "No we don't! Stop talking about him like that!"/p
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pThe sports expert managed to regain consciences as he noted that they were switching players for Oujou's offence. It took a second or two for the reporter to realize that Oujou's offence meant that Sakuraba was going into the game. Every single fangirl that was there cheered at the top of their lungs and for the ones that brought their cameras, taking pictures. The reporter practically shouted into a mic "HE HAS FINALLY APPEARED! IT'S OUJOU'S ACE, HARUTO SAKURABA-KUN!" (Does anyone else think they're being a little too overzealous about this? Poor Sakuraba…)/p
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pInside the Devilbats' huddle, Hiruma stated before going over the plan "Everyone listened, with our sorry excuse for defence, there's no way we could stop the White Knights. There's 100% chance we'll fail to stop them when they pass the ball or run, so without you might pass…" The cheering made it hard for an outsider to hear what they were talking about. Kurita stated that the plan was insane and Hiruma nonchalantly stated "Insanely perfect. There is no coincident in Amefuto. You have to aim when you pull out a lucky punch!" She practically grinned at that last line./p
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p*Commercial of Sakuraba selling a sandwich in the shape of a football for ¥380. At the end of the commercial, the symbol of a star with a hamburger on it appeared, American Burger*. When the commercial ended, the reporter said to the camera "Now, the moment we've been waiting for! Here is Sakuraba-kun." The audience practically roared with cheers. In the stands, the Naga student in charge of filming stated that the cheering was making his head hurt, while Agon mockingly said, "Hey, hey, since when is he the ace?" On the field, one of the referees stated that it was going to take a while until the crowd calmed down, with that Sakuraba apologized./p
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pEyeshield 21/Sena noticed that the White Knights were switching out players. Kurita explained that in Amefuto the teams usually switch players between offence and defence. Sena mentioned that their players with same as before, this cost Hiruma to angrily reply that they didn't have enough people to switch out. Sena then noticed that the only player on the White Knights that was still playing was Ootawara. Back in the stands, Agon was looking through his binoculars at Ootawara and questioned why he was playing offence. Yamabushi explained, "Of course, taking strength and weight into consideration, the only one who can oppose Kurita is him."/p
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pOotawara call to Kurita as he snatched a metal score pole from a passerby. Ootawara felt the metal pole in both hands for a second or two before he bent in half and then bent to two more times. Sena was surprised that anyone to do something like that with their bare hands. Kurita picked up the pole, looked at it for a few seconds, and straightened it almost as easily as Ootawara had bent it. Kurita handed it back to the person it was originally holding it. Ootawara was amazed that Kurita managed to fix what he bent, but after a second or so he walked off laughing, much to Sena and Kurita's confusion (Umm… Did anyone understand that scene at all?)./p
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pThe reporter announced "We are about to watch Sakuraba-kun's first game of the year! Will we witness his incredible catch?" The reporter quickly turned to the sports expert, who is now sporting a big bandage on the back of his head, and asked "Where am I supposed to watch? Who's throwing?" The sports expert pointed to the White Knights player in the #3 jersey and said "The quarterback, the person who gets the ball first. That guy, er, girl in the centre. Ichigo Takami. She's very true to the basics; that quarterback rarely makes mistakes. Her height allows her to throw accurate passes." The White Knights were 60 yards (55 m) from the goal./p
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p"Mamori-san, isn't Oujou's offence formation different from ours?" asked the Devilbat in jersey #13. Devilbat in jersey #58 saw this and thought 'He's trying to talk to her?' And immediately pushed #13 out of the way and asked his upperclassman "Mamori-san, is there a formation for defence, too?" Mamori expertly explained that a defence formation changes depending on the situation and that goal-line defences are only used when the defending team is in front of the goal. Since goal line formations are completely useless to block open passes. Devilbat #50 was looking towards the field in utter confusion. Takami noticed the same thing as well. The sportscaster announced that the Devilbats were in a goal-line defence. In the stadium stands, Yamabushi stated "There's too much skill difference between the teams… Is this the only way to block the run?" Agon stated in a mocking tone "Idiots! If they pass the ball, it's all over." Back on the field, Takami noted "It makes sense… The defence blocks the run, and Kurita prevents the past before the ball's throne. That's your plan?" Ootawara and Takami stated at the same time "I won't allow it! Never!"/p
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pOotawara handed the ball off to Takami. Once the White Knights' quarterback had the ball, Ootawara and Kurita engaged in a battle of strength which ended with both of them being knocked to the ground. Takami threw the ball over the entire lineman straight to Sakuraba, when the receiver caught the ball he fell to the ground. The referee called "Pass is successful! 10 yards to the goal!" All of the girls in the stand screamed. "What the heck was that? He could have caught the ball and kept running." Agon stated in total disbelief. Yamabushi noted that Sakuraba could've gone at least 20 more yards. Agon leaned back in his seat and stated with arrogance "He wasted that passed… If it were me, I'd have killed! Sakuraba, the ace, don't make me laugh…" Looking through the binoculars and looking at Sakuraba, who look to the upper crestfallen, Yamabushi stated "Don't say that… The TV and the audience are making him out to be the ace… But actually, he's probably the one suffering the most." After three successful passes and 38 yards gained the White Knights inched closer and closer until they were 12 yards (11m) from the goal. Shin noticed that something was wrong and wondered why the Devilbats they make a counterattack 'It's almost as if they want us to pass…' Shin thought as he watched Hiruma get into position./p
pEyeshield 21/Sena stood behind the goal line defence of the Devilbats and he remembered what the plan that the She-devil had told him. ** "We'll pretend to give up on the pass… And let them throw as much as they walked!" Hiruma stated. Kurita and Sena were actually surprised by that plan. The She-Devil continued "If they tried to one all the way, then we don't stand a chance, but if they pass… The chance of success is small, but there's one way…" Hiruma pointed at Eyeshield 21/Sena and practically shouted "Eyeshield 21! You will intercept!" ** Ootawara handed the ball off to Takami and all linemen went into action. Sakuraba ran towards the end zone. ** "Takami is experience. She passes the ball keeping in mind where you're positioned." Hiruma explained "No matter how fast you run, you can't intercept at this distance. She makes it nearly impossible for you. ** Takami threw the ball towards Sakuraba with precision, 'This will be a touchdown!' Takami thought as the ball flew through the air. Sena kept his eye on the ball and ran toward Sakuraba in order to intercept the catch. Sakuraba was surprised by how fast Eyeshield 21 was able to catch up to him./p
pSakuraba versus Eyeshield 21 (aka Sena)./p
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pIt was time for lunch and Mamori was heading to the amefuto club shed, where Sena said he was going to be during lunch. She made him his usual school lunch since he tends to forget his lunch when he rushes to get ready for school. Mamori giggled at that and thought, 'Sena can be such a kid sometimes.' Mamori was about to open the door to the chub shed when she heard Sena whimper "Hiruma-san, this is torture." '?!' Mamori quickly pressed her ear to the door. "How the hell is this torture f*ing chibi? The reason I'm doing this is that it's your f*ing fault for f*ing forgetting in the first place," Hiruma said to Sena in an annoyed tone. Mamori's eyes widened as her mind quickly thought of the worst; Hiruma having Sena on the ground with his arms tied behind his back with his own tie, shirt torn to shreds, the fly of his pants down, and Hiruma holding an array of sex toys, 'No, Hiruma couldn't be doing that, could he?' She heard Sena emit a whine that almost sounded like he was in pain as he said, "How could you force me to do this?" Hiruma was now mad "DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE IT F*ING WORSE FOR YOU F*ING CHIBI?!" Sena pleaded for mercy. Mamori could take no more. 'How dare that jerk Hiruma do THAT to Sena? He's still a kid and a minor too,' Mamori thought with her battle face on and ready for action. She shoved the door open, closed her eyes, and shouted "HIRUMA YOU PERVERTED JERK! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT KIND OF THING TO SENA?! I'LL MAKE SURE YOU'RE GOING TO PRISON FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR!" "What in the world are you talking about Mamori-neechan?" Sena asked so very innocently. Mamori opened her eyes slowly and what she saw wasn't what she imagined. Sena was sitting at the reversible top table, not on the ground tied up and half-naked, and Hiruma was across the table with only a pencil in hand. The room was silent, awkwardly silent. "Umm, w-what are y-you doing-g?" Mamori forced out rather shakily. Hiruma blinked a few times before saying "I was helping the f*ing chibi with his math homework that he forgot ta do last night. It's not hard, but this f*ing chibi is making it seem like its f*ing rocket science." "I told you, I'm not really good at math," Sena practically whined out. A vain appeared on Hiruma's brow "Of Course You F*ing Are, Especially With that F*ing Attitude." Sena sunk into his chair in complete embarrassment./p
pOh, Hiruma was only helping Sena with his math homework… That didn't make any sense. "Wait, why are you even helping Sena with his homework?" Mamori asked the devil in disguise. Hiruma looked at the auburn-haired girl and said in an annoyed tone "The homework is f*ing due today in class and if the f*ing chibi doesn't have a completed by the time he gets to the classroom, he's not going to be able to participate in club activities." Okay… So there was a selfish reason for Hiruma to be helping Sena. Then an evil grin appeared on Hiruma's lips and asked in a mockingly fake innocent tone "By the way f*ing manager, what exactly were you shouting about when you came in?" Mamori immediately turned red and stated rather nervously "N-n-n-n-nothing r-real-ly." Sena blinked in total confusion./p
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pGale-Dragon: As promised, I shall tell my readers why I choose to gender-bend the characters, Character: the reason for choosing said character./p
pIchiro Takami: I inadvertently confirm that Shin and Sakuraba were guys in chapter 2 so they were out. The idea of a female delinquent on the White Knights team was tempting, but Daigo Ikari doesn't actually appear until chapter 92. Ootawara's … Umm… Let's just say that he's too much himself to actually be gender-bent./p
pUnsui Kongō: Since other people have already done gender-bend stories on Agon and maybe a few on Ikkyu, I thought it would be an interesting idea to gender-bend Unsui. Especially since one of the main dynamics between the Kongō twins in the Eyeshield 21 storyline is the fact that they are identical, at least in appearance. That got me thinking (after I read the entire Eyeshield 21 manga series), would there be a difference if Unsui and Agon were fraternal twins? If one of them were a girl? Would the dynamics between the two change if that were so? Would their personalities be different? Would the story be changed? So many questions, so I decided to make Unsui a girl in this story. I did have to change the fact that Shinryūji isn't an all-boys school in the story, not that big of a deal, especially since there are only eight girls currently attending the school (meaning that Shinryūji is still relatively deprived of female presence). Plus I couldn't resist making Unsui (Usagi in this story) dateless her entire life because all the guys that are even remotely interested in her are completely afraid of Agon./p
pJō Tetsuma: I admit, I was originally going to go for Kid to gender-bend, until I realized that all of the other characters I chose were quarterbacks. So not to go with the theme, I decided to choose a different character from the Wild Gunmen's. My next option was Riku until I remembered that school uniforms for girls (at least in most schools in Japan) require that they wear either long or short skirts. If anyone has ever ran in a skirt you'll know what I mean, especially since Riku can run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds, so… Riku was out. I went with Tetsuma kind of out of the last resort and also the dynamics between Kid and Tetsuma were actually pretty cool and also by the fact that Kid's quick to defend Tetsuma from any insult./p
pReiji "Marco" Maruko: Four reasons for choosing Marco to be gender-bent; 1) It is too easy to gender-bend Kisaragi (the reason for not doing him). 2) No way Gaou was getting gender-bent for any reason whatsoever. 3) Tengu's not even a candidate. 4) Potential comedy./p
pKiminari Harao: Ummm…. All honestly, out of the four main players on the Taiyō Shinx (Banba, Harao, Kasamatsu, and Kamaguruma), Harao seem like the best option to gender-bend. Plus there's potential for a sub-plot./p
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p(I had to split the match between the Devilbats and the White Knights into parts, I was over 11,000 words for this chapter. Reviews and constructive criticism are welcome.)/p